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On the recordDecember 9, 1840
I transmit, for the action of the Senate, a communication from the Secretary of War, on the subject of the transfer of Chickasaw stock to the Choctaw tribe, which the accompanying papers explain.
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Martin Van Buren
Democratic · New York

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